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Tue, 10.31.1905

A Black Man Receives a Patent for a Vehicle Dash

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*On this date in 1905, a Black man received a patent for an automobile vehicle dash. The patent number was #803,356

Charles Patterson, a 19th-century carriage (the car) company entrepreneur, was the inventor. 

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Come Kwanzaa with me together we'll examine the history of an African people struggling to be free from colonialism, apartheid and slavery. Come Kwanzaa with me come experience the wonders of an odyssey rife with... COME KWANZAA WITH ME by Johnnie Renee Nia Nelson
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